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And what musical lives they’ve been! Nelson and Cage, both synonymous with many decades of NRPS’ psychedelicized countrified stylings, have entertained concert audiences and home listeners with many, many other bands – Nelson with the David Nelson Band, as well as Old & In the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, The Good Old Boys, Dead Ringers, Al Rapone & the Zydeco Express, The…

Lukas Nelson, whose career profile continues to broaden and flourish, most recently for his work in the remake of “A Star is Born,” doubled down on his commitment to the Music Heals International (MHI) organization. On November 19, he again headlined a dynamic, diverse, and…

This long out of print live album, recorded in 1987 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles and The Warfield in San Francisco, has long been considered a rare and desirable jewel in the Garcia catalog because of both it's scarcity and the fact that it circled back to Jerry's acoustic pre-Grateful Dead roots. Roots which were forged in the crucible of the early 1960’s folk-revival.

The 30-plus song set list was, as expected, derived from decades of fan-friendly music, but a fascinating number have been rarely heard on tour. Ask any fan who has trailed Dweezil intensively, and they’ll likely agree that Frank Zappa’s songs are a challenge to perform live. Many are comprised of complex rhythms, angular backing vocals, nonsensical or political themes, and comical mimicry,…

Without skipping a beat, the band pushed on into Bill Monroe’s “Wheel Hoss,” and here the band really dug into their picking. They began to move their positions on stage, squaring off both physically and musically, trading solos again back and forth. Most notably, in a standout moment of the whole show, mandolinist Jacob Jolliff and Krall dueled in the middle of this fiery traditional…